This is an analysis of the poem Nymphidia, The Court Of Fairy (Excerpts) that begins with:

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But let us leave Queen Mab a while,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccbcccXdddXeeefggghiiibjjXbbbXkhhhklllaaaaakkkXaaafmmXkXkXXXXnalllaeeeXlllniiibkkkXddXflllfoooabbbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,105,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 11001101001 11110101 0110010 11110111 11111101 11111101 1101110 11010111 11011101 11110111 1101110 11110101 01011101 11110101 1111110 01010101 01010001 11110101 1000010 11011100 10011101 11011101 0111011 11100001 10010111 11011111 1110010 1011110011 100010101 010111110 1001110 110001101 10111111 110101110 1101010 11010111 11110101 11010111 100011010 11010111 11010111 11010111 1100010 110001001 110010001 11011001 0111110 10010111011 11010101 11011101 11010110 01010111 110010001 11111101 1101010 01110001 01011101 11110101 110011 101101100 10110101 011101100 0111110 010101100 111111100 11010111 1001110 11110101 01110101 11111111 1101110 11000101 11100111 11100101 1111110 11010111 11010100 11111001 1001110 11010001 11011111 111110111 10011100 11010111 10111101 11011101 1101010 11010001 11100111 01001111 1101010 111101001 11011101 10010111 1110010 11000101 01101011 1111101 0101010 110111001 11010101 10010101 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3770
  • Average number of words per stanza: 658
  • Amount of lines: 106
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, he, her, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , the, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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